- Permanent Role Paying 160 – 170K + Super + Bonus
- Accelerate the adoption of Generative AI for this company!
- Melbourne CBD Office, Hybrid Model of Working, 2-3 days in office per week

Join a well‑known Australian company as a Lead AI Engineer (Generative AI)!

This role is for:

- Someone with 2 - 4 years experience applying modern Generative AI in real delivery environments
- Someone with a strong track record of providing technical leadership
- Someone with a strong background in software engineering before stepping into a more AI‑focused role in recent times

What’s in it for you?

- Join a well‑known ASX listed Australian company
- Key Permanent Role Paying 160 – 170K + Super + Bonus
- Great opportunity to help this company accelerate their adoption of Generative AI and by doing so uplift engineering standards and modernise the SDLC
- Great opportunity to coach teams to safely and effectively use Generative AI and LLMs
- Play a key role in influencing AI strategy, AI delivery, AI culture and responsible AI practices
- Technical leadership opportunity where you’ll collaborate with a variety of stakeholders
- Fantastic company culture and employee experience, work with colleagues that have excellent tenure in this organisation!
- Hybrid working model outlined above

What you’ll bring?

- 2 - 4 years experience applying contemporary Generative AI in real delivery environments
- A strong track record of providing technical leadership
- A strong background in software engineering before stepping into a more AI‑focused role in recent times
- Deep expertise in Generative AI, large language models, retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), and modern machine learning techniques
- Strengths in prompt engineering, offline/online evaluation, safety guardrails, and telemetry‑driven improvement.
- Practical experience with RAG, embeddings/vector search, and tool‑use/function‑calling orchestration.
- The ability to define trustworthy AI metrics




- A Software engineering background using the likes of React, Typescript, React Native
- AWS experience / certifications
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD
- Experience with monitoring tools
- Great communication skills with the ability to be a bridge between teams and bring them together
- A passion for embedding quality in delivery
- Experience leading teams and driving end‑to‑end digital solutions
- Excellent influencing skills and stakeholder management skills
- A real passion for AI, its use and technology and innovation as a whole

Nice to Have’s Include:

- A background in using Java, Kotlin
- Experience with GraphQL
- Experience with GitHub Actions
- Experience with Edge AI patterns
- Understanding of micro‑frontends

What you'll be doing:

- Accelerating the adoption of Generative AI for this company, leading the adoption of AI‑first engineering practices and an ‘AI‑first’ mindset
- Providing technical leadership and shaping AI‑enabled solutions
- Reporting into the Head of Technology and working closely with the Head of Enterprise AI
- Collaborating with a variety of cross‑functional teams including Engineering, QA, BA, Product Management, Senior Business Stakeholders, Data Science, Cyber Security, Enterprise Architecture
- Coaching and training engineers and leaders in the organisation in safe, effective AI‑assisted development
- Encouraging teams to embed AI‑driven thinking in solution design and delivery
- Defining and helping to operationalise trustworthy metrics to measure the impact of AI features, and developer productivity uplifts
- Producing AI‑augmented solution designs when required
- Driving engineering excellence by uplifting standards, modernising technical practices, and championing AI‑aligned SDLC patterns
- Upskilling teams on AI/LLM
- Uplifting agentic workflows, prompt engineering, model evaluation and telemetry‑driven validation
- Automating approaches to quality assurance and performance, working to automate testing through the use of AI practices
- Fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

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📌 Lead AI Engineer (Generative AI) (Melbourne)
🏢 Salt
📍 Melbourne